Crime & Safety

Several Taken to Hospital After Crash

Ambulances took as many as five people away from a crash scene at 27th Street and Puetz Road Sunday afternoon.

Multiple people were taken to a hospital following an accident at 27th Street and Puetz Road Sunday afternoon.

According to an Oak Creek police report, a vehicle going northbound on 27th Street collided head-on with a vehicle making a left turn from southbound 27th to eastbound Puetz about 4:30 p.m.

The report indicated that as many as five people, including some children, were taken by ambulance to hospitals. The severity of their injuries was not known.

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A witness told police the vehicle traveling northbound did not have time to stop and avoid the vehicle turning onto Puetz.

The driver of that vehicle was cited for failure to yield while making a left turn and violation of child safety restraint.

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